A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?
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Cast
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Oleg Yankovsky
Wizard
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Nostalgia
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Irina Kupchenko
Wizard's Wife
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Yulenka
Evgeni Leonov
King
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Gentlemen of Fortune
Kin-dza-dza!
Yevgeniya Simonova
Princess
Known for
Method
Kitchenblock
Aleksandr Abdulov
Bear
Known for
The Master and Margarita
To Kill a Dragon
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Emilia
Known for
Black Lightning
Magicians
Yuriy Solomin
Innkeeper
Known for
Dersu Uzala
The Red Tent
Andrey Mironov
Administrator Minister
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Ervand Arzumanyan
First Minister
Known for
The Thief
Vsevolod Larionov
Hunter
Known for
The Secret of the Third Planet
The Twelve Chairs
Nina Pushkova
Amanda
Also in
Night Over Chile
Valentina Voilkova
Orynthia
Known for
The Pokrovsky Gates
Mark Zakharov Director · Yevgeni Shvarts Author Gennadiy Gladkov Composer
United States release January 1, 1979 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Обыкновенное чудо
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Обыкновенное чудо
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 2, 1978
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1979
Theatrical
Russia
January 1, 1979 · Theatrical
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